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Re: What is spam? (was Re: Scary Survey results about the US First Amendment
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:04:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > > Child pornography, as I understand it -- in the US, can mean a
> > > snapshot of a naked six year old playing in the sprinkler or it can mean
> > > movies of nine year olds being raped, or of fourteen year olds having
> > > consensual sex. So what do _you_ mean? Or what do _we_ mean?
> >
> > A good question. If it is publically avaible it could include all 3. But I
> > see your point. But lets leave the marginal side of kiddy porn aside for now.
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> But what is marginal? And I disagree that all three could be included. I can
> envision a gallery selling 20x24" matted prints of a naked six year old and his
> dog playing in a sprinkler. Would that under any reasonable set of
> circumstances be kiddie porn? _I_ wouldn't count the fourteen year olds having
> sex as kiddie porn either. But I know lots of people would.
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> > their condition. I recognised your rights based outlook on this, but I think
> > a mature democracy should be able to make a decisions and ban such material.
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> And as always, I'm frightened of your 'mature democracy.' An unfettered
> democracy is potentially as bad as any dictatorship.
Who said unfettered?
> Heck, with a dictatorship
> at least you have some chance of a cluefull guy at the top.
Perhaps you should move to Cuba?
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> > > Maybe. If there is no victim, there is no crime.
> >
> > Flatulence has many victims, but it is not a crime. If there is no law,
> > there is no crime. :)
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> Good point! Let's do away with most of them. :-)
Sometimes you surprise me... but not this time!
Scott A
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